There was a pig went out to dig,
Chrisimas Day, Chrisimas Day,
There was a pig went out to Dig
On Chrisimas Day in the morning.

There was a cow went out to plough ...

There was a sparrow went out to harrow ...

There was drake went out to rake ...

There was a crow went out to sow ...

There was a sheep went out to reap ...

There was a minnow went out to winnow ..


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Source: Lucy Broadwood and J A Fuller Maitland. 1893, English County Songs, Leadenhall Press, London

Notes:
From Lancashire.

Words and tune from Miss M. H. Mason's Nursery Rhymes and Country Songs.

Lucy Broadwood notes, in what appears to be a quotation,presumably from Miss Mason's book:

"There are no words, properly speaking, after the first verse, but rhymes are invented according to the pleasure of the singer."

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